Elmo Patrick Sonnier Criminal
Elmo Patrick "Pat" Sonnier (February 21, 1950 – April 5, 1984) was a convicted American murderer and rapist who was executed by electrocution at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Louisiana on April 5, 1984. Sonnier and his younger brother Eddie James Sonnier were sentenced to death on April 25, 1978 for the November 5, 1977 rape and murder of Loretta Ann Bourque, 18, and the murder of David LeBlanc, 17. Sonnier's presence on Louisiana's death row came to the attention of Sister Helen Prejean when she was asked to write to death row inmates as part of her Order's community outreach program.